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{{Short description|Mughal Nobleman and General}}{{Infobox Monarch
| name = Bahadur Khan Kokaltash
| title = [[Khan (title)|Khan]] [[Subahdar]] [[Nawab]]
| succession = [[Subahdar]] of [[Lahore]]
| reign = 11 April 1691 – Midd of 1693
| reign-type = [[Governorship]]
| regent = [[Alamgir I]]
| reg-type = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| death_date = 23 November 1697
| death_place = [[Lahore]] [[Mughal Empire]] {{small|(present day [[Pakistan]])}}
| burial_date = {{Small|23–24 November 1697}}
| burial_place = [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan Kokaltash]]
| full name = Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash
| era name = ([[Mughal Era]]
| era dates = [[17th Century|17th–Centuries]])
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
| succession1 = [[Subahdar]] of [[Burhanpur]]
| reign-type1 = [[Governorship]]
| reign1 = ? – 1691
| reg-type1 = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| regent1 = [[Alamgir I]]
| module = {{Infobox military person
|embed=yes
|allegiance=[[Mughal Empire]]
|branch=[[Nawab]]
|serviceyears=1672{{snd}}1690 {{small|(in war)}}
|battles = [[Battle of Salher|Battle of Salher (1672)]] [[Sacking of Burhanpur (1681)]] [[Battle of Kalyan|Battle of Kalyan (1682{{snd}}1683)]] [[Siege of Ramsej|Siege of Ramsej (1682{{snd}}1688)]] 
[[Mughal-Maratha Wars]]
}}
}}

'''Bahadur Khan''', '''Khan Bahadur''' or, '''Bahadur Khan Kokaltash''' (died 23 November 1697) was a [[Subahdar]] of [[Lahore]] and [[Burhanpur]] appointed by Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] and General of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsIgAAAAMAAJ&q=salher+battle |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |date=1981 |publisher=Sterling |isbn=978-81-207-0617-0 |language=en}}</ref> he was the one of Military Commander of Mughal who defeat [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] in three major battles<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-26 |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 |access-date=2022-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 |archive-date=2015-06-26 }}</ref> but lose one only, as also he involve in [[Mughal–Maratha Wars|Mughal-Maratha wars (1681–1707)]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1993-09-16 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521268837.012 |journal=The Marathas 1600–1818 |doi=10.1017/chol9780521268837.012|title=The New Cambridge History of India |isbn=9780521268837 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shortt |first=Adam |date=May 1923 |title=The Development of the British Empire. By Howard Robinson. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1922. Pp. xiii, 475.) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1944128 |journal=American Political Science Review |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=330–331 |doi=10.2307/1944128 |jstor=1944128 |s2cid=151917720 |issn=0003-0554}}</ref> he was buried in his tomb located in present Pakistan [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan]].

== Biography ==
Bahadur Khan Kokaltash or, full Name with title known as Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash, he was the [[Mughal Governor]], [[Noblemen]] and [[Commanding officer|Military Commander]] of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal empire]] during reign of emperor [[Aurangzeb Alamgir|Aurangzeb Alamgir I]], he was first mentioning in the recordes that he was the one of military generals of Aurangzeb, then later he was appointed the Subedar of [[Burhanpur]] the city located in [[Central India|central india]], for (? – 1691) and he fight against [[Maratha Empire|marathas]] in many battles, one of first battle mentioned in February 1672 CE. war against marathas at the [[Battle of Salher]], he was military commander that time. many years later he become Subedar of Burhanpur then the time Bahadur khan Kokaltash was going to Aurangabad for his nephew's wedding with a girl from the royal family of [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]]. he took a force 3,000 armies with him for the wedding. and Burhanpur he left with an army of 5,000 under his Deputy-Commander [[Kakar Khan]]. the maratha ruler [[Sambhaji]] got that new's then he decided to further bifurcate the force at Burhanpur by feigning a move to attack [[Surat]], forcing the Mughals at Burhanpur to send reinforcement to Surat, the marathas successfully [[Sacking of Burhanpur (1681)|sacked the city]]. Bahadur Khan angry and get want revenge to Marathas, in 3 April 1680 Marathas ruler [[Shivaji]] was died, then April-May 1680 CE. [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]] Aurangzeb campaign against marathas for [[27 year war|27 years war]] between Mughal-Marathas. then Bahadur Khan involved and he fight a [[Battle of Kalyan]] in 1682 to 1683, Subedar Bahadur Khan defeated the Maratha army and took over [[Kalyan]]. The Maratha ruler Sambhaji attempted a counter offensive, but failed and they were repulsed by Mughal forces. he expanded his conquest in Kalyan, then the year (1682 – 1688) Bahadur Khan [[Siege of Ramsej|Siege at Ramsej]] at six years war Mughals annexed Ramsej Fort. and he involved the Mughal-Maratha war for ten and half years then Aurangzeb disolved him as Burhanpur Subedar and sent him for Subedari of [[Lahore]] in present day [[Pakistan]] he appoint as governor post for (11 April 1691 – Midd of 1693) Aurangzeb dismissed him from this office. four years later, Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Khan Kokaltash died on 23 November 1697 in [[Lahore]] and he was buried in his tomb named [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan]].

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